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Oct 29, 2026

AWS: Agentic Commerce_ How AI Is Reshaping Retail and Brand Strategy

AWS’s Aparna Galiasso discusses how agentic commerce is reshaping retail and brand strategy, recorded at Shoptalk Fall 2026 in Nashville. For retail and tech leaders, the conversation highlights how this shift is forcing brands to redefine their technology and data infrastructure.

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Oct 27, 2026

WAYFAIR: What Makes Wayfair Work?

Adam Sinoway, VP of Global Head of Category Management for Wayfair, discusses how the retailer offers a broad product assortment and new options as trends and seasons change. For retail and tech leaders, the conversation offers insight into how Wayfair keeps its selection evolving.

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Oct 27, 2026

QVC GROUP: Winning on Tik Tok, Social Commerce Reinvention

Krystyna Taheri, SVP of Social Commerce at QVC Group, discusses how the television shopping powerhouse became TikTok Shop's Seller of the Year in a live interview from Shop Talk Fall Nashville 2026. The conversation puts a heritage retailer’s social commerce reinvention in focus for retail and tech leaders.

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Oct 22, 2026

SHARKNINJA: Inside SharkNinja’s Consumer Cult: How CX, AI, and UGC Drive Double-Digit Growth

Michelle Crossan-Matos, Chief Brand and Experience Officer at SharkNinja, explains why consolidating CX, call centers, and creative operations under Brand has been a primary growth driver. For retail and tech leaders, the conversation highlights how organizational alignment connects customer experience and brand operations to growth.

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Oct 20, 2026

MARS Snacking’s CDIO Abhijit Dasgupta is redefining enterprise ROI, ditching fragmented AI tools, and doubling down on physical experiences.

Mars Snacking’s Abhijit Dasgupta joins Christine Russo to discuss redefining enterprise ROI, moving away from fragmented AI tools, and doubling down on physical experiences. For retail and tech leaders, the conversation puts these priorities in the context of his oversight of sales, marketing, retail, and digital commerce.

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Oct 19, 2026

The Hidden AI Bottleneck: Silver, Antimony, and the Metals Shortage

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